Surgery

Nearly 140,000 Americans a year are diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer.

New York, NY

– March 5, 2014 ––

"Colorectal Cancer is a cancer that’s either in the colon or rectum," said Alex Ky-Miyasaka, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital. "This is a 100% preventable cancer. Most patients can be diagnosed far ahead of anything becoming serious. Usually, if a benign polyp diagnosed and removed during a colonoscopy procedure, then that risk goes away." Learn more